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Nathan Ross Freeman, B.A. Winston-Salem W: (336) 995-2119 nfreeman@msn.com
About Nathan Ross Freeman: Award winning script writer, filmmaker, creative writing and spoken word educator, Nathan Ross Freeman is founder of Montage Showcase Ensemble, Assegai Film Group, Winston-Salem Youth Arts Institute, Pen & Voice. He was awarded 2007 B.E.S.T. Outstanding Faculty as Member of the Intensive Writing Faculty teaching Screenwriting/Playwriting at UNC-Charlotte. Freeman has been appointed Salem College’s Visiting Writing for 2008-2009, teaching Upper Level Screenwriting and Beginning Poetry. He is the creator of and workshop facilitator for Author Through the Senses, his signature Creative Writing and Spoken Word curriculum. Freeman is a native of Philadelphia, PA, and a graduate of St. Joseph University.
Characterization: Exploring Layers of Self
In writing fiction, non-fiction, scripts, biographies, memoirs, journals, and poetry, one creates characters of self whose personae ultimately achieve a breathing life on paper, stage, and film. The written characters must, therefore, present authentic voices and lifestyles to the reader and audience, a constituency who will experience a view of themselves from page, stage, or screen. Nathan Ross Freeman discusses characterization and shares the extended benefit of the search and revelation of self necessary to compose human interactions that live on page, on stage, or on screen. Program requirements: none
The Playwright Advocate: Power of Staged Plays
The playwright has been a shaman in the community since scrawled cave walls and etched stone have conveyed history. Even today, wise men still perform their prophecies around the fire. From Aborigine processions, to Shakespeare’s commentaries, to Washington Square every Sunday afternoon, staged plays have chronicled and celebrated contemporary issues. Today’s protests, congregational testimonials, marches, mixed media performance art, and political campaigns all herald the power of scripted work for live stage when the community needs to be made aware—when change is urgent and town meeting interaction excited. Nathan Ross Freeman invites audience members to discuss and discover the play as a vehicle for advocacy.
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